Back to Commemorative Medals of Israel

Israeli medals presenting portraits

My selection of the most impressive portrait medals, in random order.

Ben Gurion University of the Negev medal Ben Gurion University of the Negev medal Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Official Medal 1973

Bronze

Diameter 59 mm
Herzl - Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal

Diameter: 45 mm
 
Material: copper

Weight: 51.4 gram
Balfour Declaration Jubilee

State Medal

1967 / 5727

Tombac

Diameter 59 mm
Chaim Weizmann medal  Chaim Weizmann Medal Chaim Weizmann

State Medal 1974

Bronze

Diameter 59 mm
Medal Albert Einstein Medal Albert Einstein Albert Einstein

State Medal 1979

Bronze

Diameter 59 mm
120th Anniversary of Henrietta Szold

Youth Aliyah

1860-1980

Bronze

 
Medal Ze'ev Jabotinsky Medal Ze'ev Jabotinsky Ze'ev Jabotinsky

State Medal 1980

Bronze

Diameter 70 mm
Medal Menachem Begin Medal Menachem Begin Menachem Begin

State Medal 1992 / 5752

Tombac, Diameter 70 mm, Weight 140 gram
Medal Avraham "Yair" Stern Medal Avraham "Yair" Stern Lehi - 50th Anniversary Of Foundation
& Avraham "Yair" Stern - 50th Anniversary Of Death

Official Medal 1992 / 5752

Tombac, Diameter 59 mm, Weight 98 gram
Medal Martin Buber Medal Martin Buber Martin Buber

Official Medal, 2001 / 5761

Tombac

Diameter 59 mm

Weight 98 gram

Issued by IGCMC
Medal Rabbi Arieh Levin Medal Rabbi Arieh Levin Rabbi Arieh Levin

State Medal 2005 / 5765

Tombac

Diameter 70 mm

Weight 140 gram

Issued by IGCMC
Rabbi David De Sola Pool

Official Medal

1970 / 5730

Tombac

Diameter 59 mm
Medal Yitzhak Rabin Medal Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin

State Medal 1995 / 5756

Tombac, Diameter 70 mm, Weight 140 gram
Cu-Ni, Diameter 38.5, Weight 26 gram
Medal King Hussein of Jordan Medal King Hussein of Jordan King Hussein of Jordan

State Medal 1999 / 5759

Tombac, Diameter 70 mm, Weight 140 gram
Cu-Ni, Diameter 30 mm, Weight 16 gram
Medal Rechavam Ze'evy (Gandhi) - SEX OFFENDER Medal Rechavam Ze'evy (Gandhi) - SEX OFFENDER Rechavam Ze'evy (Gandhi)

State Medal 2002 / 5762

Tombac, Diameter 70 mm, Weight 140 gram
Copper-Nickel, Diameter 30 mm, Weight 16.3 gram
Medal The Druze Community In Israel Medal The Druze Community In Israel The Druze Community In Israel

State Medal 2003 / 5763

Tombac

Diameter 70 mm

Weight 140 gram
Medal Karl Lutz Medal Karl Lutz Karl Lutz

Official Medal 2003 / 5763

Tombac

Diameter 59 mm

Weight 98 gram
Medal Israel Discount Bank Medal Israel Discount Bank Bank Discount 50th Anniversary

Official Medal

1985

Bronze 59 mm

Issued by IGCMC
Medal Raoul Wallenberg Medal Raoul Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg

Official Medal 2003 / 5763

Tombac

Diameter 59 mm

Weight 98 gram
Medal Efraim Kishon Medal Efraim Kishon Efraim Kishon

Official Medal 2005 / 5765

Tombac

Diameter 70 mm

Weight 140 gram
Medal Uzi Hitman Medal Uzi Hitman Uzi Hitman

Official Medal, 2005 / 5765

Tombac

Diameter 50 mm

Weight 40 gram
Medal Ehud Manor Medal Ehud Manor Ehud Manor

Official Medal, 2006 / 5766

Tombac, Diameter 50 mm, Weight 42 gram
Medal Shimon Peres Medal Shimon Peres Shimon Peres

Man Of Vision And Deed 1923 / 2016

State Medal 2017

Tombac

Diameter 48 mm

Weight 49 gram
Medal Yitzhak Navon Medal Yitzhak Navon Yitzhak Navon

Fifth President Of The State Of Israel

State Medal 2017

Tombac

Diameter 48 mm

Weight 49 gram
Medal 120 Years Of Esperanto Medal 120 Years Of Esperanto 120 Years Of Esperanto

90 Years Since The Death Of Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof

State Medal 2007 / 5767

Tombac

Diameter 76.2 mm

Weight 276 gram
"Kennedy Memorial, Jerusalem" 1966

Bronze

Diameter: 59 mm

Issued by the Shekel Israel Ltd. 
David Ben-Gurion Centennial medal David Ben-Gurion Centennial medal David Ben-Gurion Centennial 1886-1986

State Medal 1986

Bronze

Diameter 70 mm